Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés offer this biography of Catherine de Medici by Céline Borello, professor of modern history at the University of Le Mans and a specialist in Protestantism."" While tensions are very high everywhere – it’s the 16th century, that of the Wars of Religion – Catherine de’ Medici is pursuing a policy of appeasement between Catholics and Protestants. Queen of France, regent and mother of monarchs, her place on the kingdom’s political chessboard is unprecedented. He’s also one of the most prolific patrons of his time. Accused of the worst atrocities by her contemporaries, the "foolish Jezebel" (Michelet) drags behind her a tenacious black legend. Céline Borello leads the investigation and here sheds new light on a stateswoman, passionate about the arts, attentive mother, who was able to mark her time with the breadth of her political and cultural action."" CLAUDE COLOMBINI FRÉMEAUX CD1: LA DAUPHINE DE FRANCE • CD2: UNE FEMME DE POUVOIR • CD3: ARTS ET POLITIQUE • CD4: MORT ET POSTERITÉ. (DIRECTION: OLIVIER COQUARD, PRODUCTION: CLAUDE COLOMBINI FOR POUF-FRÉMEAUX)